KASARGOD: CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan alleged here on Thursday that Dr C D Mayee, who was appointed by the Central Government to study the environmental impact and health hazards caused by Endosulfan, was an agent of the pesticide company.
Inaugurating a meeting of farmers organised by the Karshaka Sangham at Bovikkanam, the CPM leader said C D Mayee had given a report favourable to En
Kasaragod: As many as 142 people will be recruited on a temporary basis in government hospitals in the Endosulfan-affected areas in the district to provide immediate relief to the victims.
The recruitments will be made giving preference to those in the State Public Service Commission list.
It has been decided to post 24 staff nurses, including 12 male nurses, to attend to patients in 12 vehi
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Monday said it was firm on its stand on banning Endosulfan and would press the Centre to appoint a new head for the proposed expert committee to study the problems related to the use of the pesticide.
Addressing a press conference here after a joint meeting of office-bearers of the KPCC and the Congress Legislature Party and th
KALPETTA: The former Health Minister K.K. Ramachandran has urged the State government to constitute monitoring committees in the three-tier local bodies to curb the application of pesticides such as Endosulfan.
Steps to spread use of IT among all sections of society: VS
IT-enabled services: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan inaugurating an activity laboratory for autistic children set up by the Kerala State IT Mission in the city on Friday.
Kasaragod: Acclaimed litterateur and environmentalist Sugathakumari, in a passionate appeal, has called for an intensified joint agitation to force the authorities to take tangible action against the use of deadly pesticides like Endosulfan to free younger generation from the scourge of serious health hazards.
Despite having stringent rules and regulations, the successive governments and their
Thrissur: Artistes, poets and theatre personalities in the State will get together at Kasaragod on December 1 to express solidarity with the victims of Endosulfan.
Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi chairman Mukesh told reporters here on Monday that the artistes would call on the hapless villagers in Kasaragod district, who are living victims of the rampant use of Endosulfan.
The living victims of pesticide Endosulfan and their relatives are feeling that they are being betrayed by the Central Government and the politicians in Kerala even as environmentalists are accusing the Union Government of hiding facts with respect to the demand to ban the killer pesticide on the national level.
At a high-level meeting held in New Delhi last week, the Union Agriculture Ministry
